Oil spill from a crashed tanker in Bangladesh
Oil spill from a crashed tanker in Bangladesh is threatening dolphins and other wildlife. The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres for the delicate ecology of the Sundarbans also is a natural region in Bengal. It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world This place is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger.
The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful forest" in the Bengali language (Shundor, "beautiful" and bon, "forest").
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